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W. BENCH.

TONGUE SUPPORT FOR WAGONS.

Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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, STATES WILLIAM BENCH, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

TONGUE-SUPPO RT FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,246, dated February17, 1885.

Application filed May 10, 1884.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM BENCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful device or contrivance for holding up theTongues or Poles of IIagons, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention consists of alever at the back of the front bolster, and bymeans of a clevis running through two holes in the front bolsterconnecting with the tongue or pole of the wagon.

The object of my improvement is so to hold up the tongue that there willbe no increased friction on the reach, sway-bar, or any other part ofthe wagon. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a perspective Viewof a wagon without the wheels. Fig. 2 represents the back bolster of awagon with a halfelliptic spring attached instead of a spiral spring, asin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents an attachment of the spring to the reachinstead of to the back bolster, as in Fig. '1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 the spiral spring D is attached by a hook and staple, 13, tothe back bolster, I, of the wagon. This spring is connected by a chain,B, with a lever, L, whose fulcrum is K, connected with the lever L, andpassing through (No model.)

the front bolster, H, on each side of the kingbolt is a clevis, m,connected by the chain B with A, the tongue or pole of the wagon. Therod 11 runs through the spring D, and is held by a nut, e, which may betightened or loosened, as may be necessary to shorten or lengthen thechain B. There is also a swivel, n, for the same purpose in front of thefront bolster,so as to raise or lower the wagon-tongue to any heightrequired.

By means of the lever L the weight of the tongue is thrown back of thefront bolster, H, so that it does not wear on the reach or swaybar, asit otherwise would. I

I am aware that prior to my invention ster have been invented and usedfor holding up wagon-tongues. I therefore do not claim such aninvention, broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, an.d desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The combination of the lever L with the spring D and connecting-chain B,as shown in annexed drawings, by which the weight of the tongue isthrown back of the front bolster, so as to prevent friction on thereach, sway-bar, or other part of the wagon, all sub stantially as setforth.

, WILLI AM BENCH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. J oHNsoN, WILLIAM L. HEAZLIT.

tongue-supports atached back of the front bol-

